The U.S. government is distributing $772.5 million to 24,000 victims of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, collected through seized assets and settlement agreements with people and companies connected to the case.

With so many regulators out there, it can be tough to keep track of all the decisions being made. This is the NYSSCPA’s regular series that collects relevant regulatory announcements from the past week, and puts them in one place to help you stay on top of the issues.

The 13.4 million leaked documents known as the "Paradise Papers" lays bare a dense network of offshore shell companies linked to over 120 prominent political figures as well as some of the world's largest companies, which concealed assets from tax authorities and the general public as a whole.

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